Hyundai N won’t be bringing its first model to the United States, but we won’t have to wait long for the performance sub-brand to make landfall here.

Albert Biermann, Hyundai’s head of performance development, revealed the first U.S.-bound N model will arrive in 2018, Automobile reports. He also all but confirmed the car in question will be based on the Veloster.

Many American enthusiasts, ourselves included, were upset when they learned the upcoming i30 N wouldn’t come to...